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This page is for system operators to request a demotion of status, or for enaction of demotion due to long-term inactivity. The act of demotion is restricted to those with bureaucrat status, and as such system operators will need to request their demotion here.

Guidelines for Demotion Requests

Request

System operators who wish to request demotion must consider these things before applying.

• Reason for demotion - As demotions cannot be reversed unless the user goes through promotions page again, the user is asked to make sure that they are making the correct decision when applying for demotion.

After a system operator has submitted his or her demotion request, the active Bureaucrats will review it, and after reaching a unanimous decision, choose to either demote the system operator deny his or her request. After action has been taken, the request will be moved to the archive.

Inactivity

main article: Policy Text

• A sysop that hasn't made any edit in four months will be warned, on their talk page, by a Bureaucrat, that they face demotion of their sysop powers in one week, if they remain inactive.
• One week after the warning has been placed, dependant on the actions of the sysop, the Bureaucrat will decide whether or not to carry out the demotion.

• This is to avoid, for example, the unlikely case of a sysop simply making a single edit with the aim of avoiding the demotion.
• The Bureaucrat is trusted and bound to make a fair decision, and not to demote a sysop who clearly demonstrates a return to activity on the wiki.

• Any demonstrable abuse of this power by a Bureaucrat, however unlikely, could (as with any other abuse of specific powers) be grounds for a Misconduct case.

• If the sysop makes no response at all to the warnings, they must be demoted.

Requests for demotion still needing to be processed

DanceDanceRevolution

(talk | contribs | logs1 | user rights)

Time for me to walk on out of here :D --

 

 

 

 

01:26, 1 April 2010 (BST)

April Fool's Joke. I'm sure of it. --Janus ^talk 01:43, 1 April 2010 (BST)

(That's at you, DDR) 01:44, 1 April 2010 (BST)

Ha ha! The thought had occurred to me. The trigger was actually the april 1 crat elections. My term's up, I can have a bit of a rest now. --

 

 

 

 

01:50, 1 April 2010 (BST)

Lies. It's all a joke. I'll return in a few months and you'll still be a crat. --Janus ^talk 02:01, 1 April 2010 (BST)

Great news! --Thadeous Oakley 08:29, 1 April 2010 (BST)

I'll tell you what, we'll wait until tomorrow for the "Are you sure question", to avoid any april fools confooshun. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:28, 1 April 2010 (BST)

I've been talking about this openly now for a few weeks. Either way, Boxy's looking a bit inactive so I might have to cycle the new crat myself if he isn't here to ask that question. --

 

 

 

 

09:40, 1 April 2010 (BST)

Yeah. Don't want to demote yourself Just Yet. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:43, 1 April 2010 (BST)

There's no rush, though if it seems likely that Boxy isn't going to be here to do the deed when it counts I won't hesitate in doing the deed myself. --

 

 

 

 

11:09, 1 April 2010 (BST)

Recent Actions

Older actions can be found in the archive.

Sysop Activity Check

User	Position	Last Contribution	Seat Available
A Helpful Little Gnome (Contribs)	Bureaucrat	2021-10-29	2021-12-01
DanceDanceRevolution (Contribs)	Bureaucrat	2021-10-28	2021-12-01
Rosslessness (Contribs)	Sysop	2021-10-14	N/A
Stelar (Contribs)	Sysop	2021-10-29	N/A

Total Sysops: 4 (excluding Kevan, LeakyBocks and Urbandead)

Last updated at: 03:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)